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Pope Francis has removed from his group of close advisers two cardinals hit by sexual abuse scandals, including Australian George Pell, his economy minister, agencies reported on Wednesday. Pell has taken an indefinite leave of absence from his job as secretariat for the economy, one of the most powerful Vatican posts, to defend himself from […]